Hogg

Christine Elizabeth (Schultz) Hogg, 90, of Slippery Rock, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, following a one-day stay at Orchard Manor in Grove City.

She was born in Oil City, Pa., on Aug. 22, 1933, to Reuben Peter Schultz and Minnie Albertine Sandberg Schultz. Growing up in Oil City, Christine was an avid ice skater and swimmer, competing from the high board. Her adventures also included taking pilot lessons from her brother, a Navy pilot. Christine graduated from Oil City High School in 1951.

Chris married Robert Hogg on Aug. 24, 1952, and moved to Slippery Rock on the family farm, where she became a wonderful mother and homemaker, raising five children. Her husband Robert, a guidance counselor for the Butler school system, preceded her in death on Aug. 20, 2000, just shy of their 48th anniversary.

Chris was an independent piano instructor and was owner/operator of the federated “Studio in the Woods,” located in Slippery Rock. A measles infection in the second grade significantly impacted her ability to hear, but with a learned ability to sense vibrations and read lips and by mastering the ability to memorize music, she brought a world of music to others.

She studied 17 years with a master teacher, Ferguson Webster of Pittsburgh, a graduate of the Paris Music Conservatory and Yehudi Menuhin’s personal violin accompanist. She studied with Joseph Schwartz at the Oberlin Music Conservatory. She received the Who’s Who of American Teachers Award in 1994. She was a charter member of the Butler chapter of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She was awarded solo status (by audition) with the Pittsburgh Tuesday Musical Club. She was active in the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs. Chris served as chairman of the Aiken’s Cadman Scholarship Auditions and a board member of the National Federation of Junior Music Festivals, serving as regional facility chairman, adjudicator and, more recently, computer auditor.

In her “retirement” years, Chris was music director at Friendship Presbyterian Church, while being active in the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) in Slippery Rock, as a computer and piano instructor, field trip facilitator and educational films and office assistant. She also volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the Slippery Rock Community Library.

Survivors include three sons, Cmdr. Philip D. Hogg (Peggy) of South Haven, Mich., Gregory C. Hogg (Karen) of Pleasantville, Pa., and Stanley D. Hogg (Penny) of Grand Valley, Pa.; two daughters, Vicki A. Kusaila (Jed) of Houston, Texas, and Dorothy L. Moore (Andrew) of Saxonburg; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Robert Hogg; a brother, Robert Schultz; and a granddaughter, Amelia Moore.

HOGG — The family of Christine Elizabeth (Schultz) Hogg, who died Wednesday, May 8, 2024, will receive family and friends from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock.

There will be a service celebrating Chris’ life at 1 p.m. Monday, to be held at Friendship Presbyterian Church, 877 Franklin Road, Slippery Rock, with Pastor Diane Whitman presiding. Following the service, friends will be received at the Friendship Presbyterian Community Center, 886 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock.

Interment will be in Slippery Rock Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friendship Presbyterian Church, 877 Franklin Road, Slippery Rock, PA 16057.

Please sign the guest book at www.butlereagle.com.